Who would be interested in undertaking a project to determine which Beatles song is the undisputed Head-Fi favorite? And in the process... we'll determine the Top 20 and various statistics as well.
This is just an interest check. If this idea is received positively, then I'll be glad to facilitate and moderate it
Here's what I was thinking...
...and that's it!
I've already refined the process to be like this since I've already tried this out on a different forum and the results have been very promising. We're down to the Top 30 songs over there.
But if there are any suggestions, improvements, comments, violent reactions or whatever... feel free to post
This is just an interest check. If this idea is received positively, then I'll be glad to facilitate and moderate it
Here's what I was thinking...Quote:
| Proposed Process: Phase 1: Building the Top 100 - I will create a new thread for Phase 1 and everyone who wants to participate posts their unranked list of 30 nominated tracks at most. The Top 100 songs (based on number of nominations) will make it on to the next phase. It's highly encouraged that you submit 30 tracks even if you're not required to do so since we're trying to build a 100-song "short list". (NOTE 1: The Top 100 will not be ranked since this is only a nomination phase.) (NOTE 2: In the event that a lot of songs are vying for the last slots on the Top 100 [e.g. - ten songs have 1 nomination each but there are only five slots left] I have no choice but to exercise my personal decision on which songs make it through. But because I have this power, I'm not allowed to participate in the nomination process/not allowed to submit my list of nominees. [An alternative option is to have a tiebreak thread, but having a tiebreak round everytime there's a tie will prolong the process too much, imho]) Phase 2: Breaking it down to the Top 20 - I will create a new thread for Phase 2. This will be done "Survivor Style" where the voters will pick 10 songs to be eliminated per round for 10 Rounds. Ten songs will be eliminated per round for the first six rounds and then five songs will be eliminated per round for the last four rounds. After the 10 rounds, we will be left with the Top 20 songs. (NOTE 1: If multiple songs are found tied for elimination, I will first check their votes in the previous rounds before exercising my personal decision on which songs make it through... but as with Phase 1, I can't participate otherwise.) (NOTE 2: There will be 10 rounds for this phase, but only 1 thread so that the forum won't be cluttered. I just plan to edit the thread subject/title and OP per round.) Phase 3: Ranking the Top 20 - I will create a new thread for Phase 3. This final phase will be simple: The participants will rank the final 20 songs in order of preference. It's a daunting task; but since you've already been given advance notice, the assumption is that you've had enough foresight to rank the remaining songs. Each rank will have a weighted score, and I will tally the scores after all the lists have been submitted. The song with the best score afterward will be the winner. |
I've already refined the process to be like this since I've already tried this out on a different forum and the results have been very promising. We're down to the Top 30 songs over there.
But if there are any suggestions, improvements, comments, violent reactions or whatever... feel free to post
This is just an interest check....
